Collegiate Jazz Festival 2023
Featuring Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra
Notre Dame’s 65th annual Collegiate Jazz Festival will be held
February 23-25, 2023
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CJF Preview Night
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 7:00PM
Free Admission
Hagerty Cafe in the Duncan Student Center
5:30PM - University of Notre Dame Jazz Band 2, and the University of Notre Dame New Orleans Brass Band
Jazz Festival Day 1
Friday, February 24, 2023 - 7:00PM
Tickets: Get your FREE tickets HERE
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
7:00PM - University of Notre Dame Jazz Band 1
7:45PM - Indiana University South Bend Jazz Ensemble
8:30PM - Roosevelt University Large Jazz Ensemble
9:15PM - **Special Event: Clinic by New Life Jazz Orchestra (Clinician Info)
Jazz Festival Day 2
Saturday, February 25, 2023 - 1:00PM
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
1:00PM - Alma College Percussion Ensemble
1:45PM - Notre Dame New Orleans Brass Band
2:30PM - Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra II
3:15PM - Columbia College Fusion Ensemble
Headline Event!
Saturday Night, February 25, 2023 - 7:30PM
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DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
7:30PM - Kendrick Oliver and the New Life Jazz Orchestra (MORE INFO)
5 professional clinicians will evaluate the participating college jazz ensembles. The clinicians are all members of the New Life Jazz Orchestra. These five world-class musicians are:
• Julius Tolentino, alto saxophone
• Jimmy Greene, tenor sax
• Jason Anderson, tenor sax
• Adam Rapa, trumpet
• Andre Hayward, trombone
For additional information, please e-mail Matt Merten or Professor Larry Dwyer.